Poetry corner: Cancel my subscription!
"Words for the Wise" does not get many unsubscribe requests--just the opposite--but they do happen occasionally. Here are my unrepentant thoughts when they do.
CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION!
by Michael Balter
For telling me what I don’t want known
For showing me what I don’t want shown
For making me hear the victims groan
Cancel my subscription.
For making me think new kinds of thoughts
For tying my worldview up in knots
For trying to turn all my naughts to oughts
Cancel my subscription.
For saying I voted for the wrong guy
Though he promised me the moon and sky
For not even giving him time to try
Cancel my subscription.
I’ll find other publications that do
Their best to confirm what I always knew
And assure me all my opinions are trueÂ
So cancel my subscription.
how dare you challenge people's thinking!
Perfect.